On 17-Apr-01 Matt \"TrollBoy\" Wiseman wrote:
> How would I word a query to see what tables exist in a db that begin with
> box
> 
> for example include
> boxTABLE1
> boxTABLE2
> boxTABLE3
> but exclude
> sphereTABLE1
> 
> I'm basically trying lo populate a list box with the tables beginning with
> box in PHP.
> 

mysql> show tables;
+-----------------+
| Tables_in_cache |
+-----------------+
| admh020         |
| ctl             |
| hs021132        |
| pending         |
| signc           |
| signd           |
| tmpc            |
| tmpd            |
| trnc            |
| trnd            |
+-----------------+
10 rows in set (0.02 sec)

mysql> show tables like 'tmp%';
+------------------------+
| Tables_in_cache (tmp%) |
+------------------------+
| tmpc                   |
| tmpd                   |
+------------------------+
2 rows in set (0.02 sec)

Regards,
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